View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, who is Ted Isaac's only companion for two days?
(a) A female horned lark.
(b) Susanne.
(c) A scorpion.
(d) Dr. Reynolds.

2. What did Susanne make George take from her the last time she saw him?
(a) Some venison.
(b) A charm to protect him.
(c) Her old blue quilted jacket.
(d) Water.

3. In Chapter 8, what does Leaphorn find hanging from the hogan blanket rope?
(a) Bedrolls.
(b) Blanket.
(c) Shorty Bowlegs.
(d) Clothing.

4. Who says, "Somebody should have warned Custer"?
(a) Naranjo.
(b) Leaphorn.
(c) Highsmith.
(d) Pasquaanti.

5. What language do words like Shulawitsi and Shalako come from?
(a) Ute.
(b) Navajo.
(c) Zuni.
(d) Hopi.

6. In Chapter 10, where does Leaphorn drive to after the meeting?
(a) St. Anthony's.
(b) The Zuni River.
(c) The anthropological site.
(d) The commune.

7. What does Leaphorn bring out of the hogan that belongs to George?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Odds and ends.
(c) A fetish.
(d) A ragged shirt.

8. What is the Navajo way to release a ghost for its infinite wandering?
(a) A quick burial.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Burn the hogan.
(d) Break a hole in the hogan wall.

9. In Chapter 4, what does Isaacs write on the envelope?
(a) Grid 3 north, 6 east.
(b) Grid 2 south, 6 west.
(c) Grid 5 south, 7 east.
(d) Grid 4 north, 7 west.

10. Ernesto Cata is one of the missing boys. What other name or role does the reader know Cata by?
(a) The Little Sun God.
(b) Badger Spirit.
(c) The Little Fire God.
(d) Zuni Kachina.

11. Whom does Leaphorn leave Cecil with after the death of Shorty Bowlegs?
(a) A Franciscan brother at St. Anthony's.
(b) Navajo Social Services.
(c) The Cata family.
(d) Jason's Fleece.

12. What is taboo in the eight days leading to Shalako?
(a) Associating with non-Zuni people.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Anger.
(d) Eating before sundown.

13. What happened to Hu-tu-tu when he stumbled on the causeway over the Zuni Wash?
(a) Salamobia struck him with their yucca wands.
(b) Hu-tu-tu was killed for sacrilege.
(c) The people yelled at Hu-tu-tu.
(d) Hu-tu-tu was asked to leave his clan.

14. When does Dance Hall of the Dead begin?
(a) November 30.
(b) October 15.
(c) September 25.
(d) December 5.

15. In Chapter 3, what does Leaphorn offer Cecil in an effort to get him to open up?
(a) A cola.
(b) A ride into town.
(c) A candy car.
(d) A cigarette.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, for whom does Leaphorn feel an amused attraction?

2. What clan does the Little Fire God belong to?

3. What is a kachina?

4. Who considers the hippies as generous, ignorant, friendly, bad mannered but well intentioned?

5. Who are Bacobi and Atarque?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 424 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample